Regarded as scandalous when it was first released, Baby Doll has lost its shock value but retains a strong, sweaty Deep South sensuality.
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08/03/05
Baby Doll (1956)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:13
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Still controversial, this adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play (by the playwright) caused an outrage upon its release. From this vantage point, Kazan's claustrophobic depiction of the sweaty... [More]
Starring: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock
Director: Elia Kazan
Reviews for Baby Doll
1 - 14 (sorted by rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe grotesquely caricatured performances and the evocation of the baking, dusty, indolent homestead make for witty and compelling viewing.
01/26/06
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10/06/08
Top CriticAn explosive, provocative black comedy from Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan.
11/01/07
Top CriticMr. Kazan keeps the courtship bouncing between the emotional and the ludicrous.
08/03/05
Top Critican impressively steamy story for its day with some moments of true greatness
04/25/06
Wickedly funny salacious black comedy.
11/20/07
Tennessee Williams adapted his one act play in this provocative black comedy, directed with expected intensity by Kazan, and acted by a great ensemble, headed by Carroll Baker in her best (Oscar-nominated) performance as the child-bride.
01/04/07
I love this stuff; it's remarkably silly, yet the actors play it so straight you'd think it was Hamlet.
05/09/06
One of Elia Kazan's most underrated movies is his only pure comedy.
11/01/07
No review available.
08/14/05
Baby Doll (1956) has been called notorious, salacious, revolting, dirty, steamy, lewd, suggestive, morally repellent and provocative.
08/23/01
The movie hasn't aged a day in fifty years.
05/29/06
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